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More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice A police plane was seen circling over Peterborough after reports of a man with an imitation firearm in the city centre on Wednesday (July 24). The plane was seen looping 'low' over the city centre for about 20 minutes. A Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson confirmed it was a police plane.
They said armed officers attended the scene and the plane was deployed by the National Police Air Service. A force spokesperson said: "We were called at 8.25pm yesterday (25 July) with reports of a man with what was thought to be an imitation firearm in Peterborough city centre.
Armed officers attended and a plane from the National Police Air Service was deployed. Read next: Second driver dies days after Cambridgeshire crash Read next: 'Obsessed' Cambs stalker gave victim £10K to get her to stay in touch and messaged from fake accounts "A 19-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm. They remain in custody.
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